A friend of mine wrote an article in her blog about Saeed’s situation:

I learned about the case of Saeed Malekpour some months ago when he sent a prison letter describing the torture he has suffered in prison. Saeed has studied metallurgy at Sharif University of Technology, the same university at which I studied physics. The first time learning about his case when looking at his picture I vaguely felt that I have seen him before but I wasn’t sure.

Recently, I found one of my classmates from Sharif Univ. on facebook and I found out that Saeed is her husband and it started making sense to me why Saeed’s photo was so familiar to me at first glance. Zohreh Eftekhari is Saeed’s wife. Zohreh is one of the sweetest, nicest, smartest and at the same time most modest people I have ever met. My most clear memory of her is when one time in a small green area in front of the physics department called “mohavateie physics” I softly sang the songBote Chin, Zohreh Jabin for her; after learning that it was her favorite song. She also once showed me a small book, which looked so hard and sophisticated, about particle physics and told me that she wishes that her English was so good that she could read the whole book non-stop.

Now her husband, Saeed Malekpour, is held in prison for reasons that I haven’t been able to figure out, apparently neither has Saeed himself, Zohreh, nor the judicial system.

“Rooz: Many accusations have been made against Saeed, what is the key charge against him?
Mrs. Eftekhari: It is an assortment of accusations. If they had simply said that he was the manager of an immoral website, then things would be clear and he would know how to defend himself. But every time they see him, they raise a new charge. At one point the judge told him that he had been in contact with 10 to 12 groups inimical to the regime. And when Saeed asked which groups, the judge replied that you know better. So what is there to defend? It seems that they simply want to find some excuse and pretext to find him guilty. One day they said he had relations with foreigners then on another occasion they said he operated immoral web sites. Kayhan newspaper even wrote that Saeed worked for Canadian military projects, which is just pure fabrication. From a legal perspective how could someone who was not born in Canada, is not a Canadian citizen and was even not born there work on military projects? In fact, Saeed does not truly know what is the charge against him so that he can focus his defense on that.
Rooz: Aside these, what specific charges were read out to him in court?
Mrs. Eftekhari: Propaganda against the regime, operating immoral web sites, insulting divine principles, insulting the president, relations with groups that oppose the regime, being contact with foreigners. In general, these are known as the “corrupt on the earth.”

Zohreh Eftekhari: “When I was interrogated they kept shouting at me that I was in contact with foreigners! And I told them I lived in a foreign country so what did they mean by that”.

” They even tried to say that Saeed used his webcam to video people’s bedroom. This was done to create panic and fear among people about the Internet.”

“The judge has no knowledge about Internet or IT issues. In the 15 minutes court session, the judge told him that they had found a weblog in his house. Judge for yourself, what kind of a statement is this? They did not allow Saeed to even look at his own dossier. They also denied him access to a defense attorney.”

“At one point the judge told him that he had been in contact with 10 to 12 groups inimical to the regime. And when Saeed asked which groups, the judge replied that you know better. So what is there to defend?”

” The intelligence officers in Iran wanted to denounce the Internet and tell people that it was a dangerous thing. This is why they forced Saeed to make false confessions and then showed this on national television. They even tried to say that Saeed used his webcam to video people’s bedroom. This was done to create panic and fear among people about the Internet. They had told Saeed to say that he had purchased software from Britain that could be used to video a room even if the computer was shut. This is not technically possible to do, but these gentlemen wanted to send that message. My husband is merely a victim of the plans of these people”.

” They have aired his so called confessions several times while he still remains only a suspect. But they treat him as if he is a criminal. His sentence has already been passed in their minds, which is why they allow themselves to air someone’s so called confessions before the person has even had a chance to defend himself and no sentence has been passed on him. These confessions were all made under duress and torture and have no validity. Saeed has said this in court. My question is how come you can air these so called confession on national television, but when it comes to Saeed’s defense you close the court session to the public“.

“They used to promise me regularly in the past that if I did not give any interviews Saeed would be released quickly. And for three months we did not know where Saeed was being kept and they would not tell us. Then on the anniversary of his father’s death, they broadcast his so called confessions on national television, which is when we learned that they had been lying to us”.

“Saeed has torture marks till today and when he speaks, he feels sharp pain in his jaw, which is the result of the tortures he has been subjected to. He has also had a mild heart attack while in prison and half his body was temporarily paralyzed”.

Please spread the word and write about Saeed’s case. As a result of his case being portrayed by the state as a “non-political” one, many websites and groups haven’t paid enough attention to Saeed’s case and that’s going to hurt him in many ways such as having a trial in better conditions or the chance to get released and so on.